Florida vs Ottawa Prediction: Fifth Win for the Panthers

Prediction for the NHL-1 match between Florida vs Ottawa, which will take place on February 9th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the teams' conditions! Several betting options are available.

Florida

Florida's in the same boat as the current Stanley Cup winner this season. As you'd expect, the Panthers didn't hit the ground running from day one, but they've gradually got better and better as the tournament's gone on.

As we head into January and February, the team is still racking up points. In the last five games, they lost only to Washington 3-6, while beating Los Angeles 3-0, Chicago 5-1, the Islanders 6-3, and the day before St. Louis 3-2. This means Florida is now in second place in the Eastern Conference.

Ottawa

Ottawa has been doing really well recently. The Senators have a young team that is getting stronger and stronger, but before they lacked the experience to solve the main task for the season, making it to the playoffs. But now they've got more sophisticated and they're right in the running for the cup battles.

At the end of January, the Reds and Blacks started a winning streak that saw them defeat Toronto 2-1, Utah 3-1, Washington 5-4, Minnesota 6-0, and Nashville 5-2. But then they lost twice to Tampa Bay (3-4 and 1-5), which caused them to drop to seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings.

H2H Meetings

So far in the current regular season, Florida and Ottawa have played each other once. The Senators won 3-1.

Stats Betting

• Florida has beaten Ottawa in four of their last five head-to-head meetings.
• In the last six personal meetings between Florida and Ottawa, there was a total under.
• In four of the last five personal meetings between Florida and Ottawa at least one of the teams scored less than two pucks.
• Ottawa' scored Florida less than three pucks in four of the last five personal meetings.
• In three of the last five head-to-head meetings between Florida and Ottawa, no goals were exchanged.

Bookmakers' Options

You can bet on the triumph of Paul Maurice's wards, taking into account overtime and shootout, at odds of 1.55 at 1xbet. On the final victory of the Senators is offered to bet at odds of 2.50.

Bookmaker believes that the confrontation between Florida and Ottawa will be rich in goals. You can bet on the total over 5.5 pucks at odds of 1.99, and on the total under 5.5 pucks - for 1.89.

Expert Betting Tips

Florida's been doing really well against Ottawa recently. In the last five times these two teams have met, the southerners have won four times, and in three of those games they didn't even let the other team score. So, it looks like the Panthers are the team to beat. They've been on a roll, winning four of the last five games, and they've been on home ice, so they've been doing well in four games in a row. So it's probably a good bet for a Florida win.

We've already said that Ottawa's had problems attacking in matches against Florida recently. In the last five times these two teams have met, the Senators have only got five pucks in, which works out at an average of one per game. Meanwhile, there have been 21 goal takedowns, which works out at an average of 4.2 per game. 

Our picks:

W1 for 1.87

TU (5.5) for 1.87

IT2U (2.5) for 1.68